Origo’s Unipass Securemail has seen a 33 per cent increase in new registrations as advisers prepare for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which is enforced on 25 May.
The industry-led not-for-profit firm saw 2,000 registrations in both March and April, bringing total user numbers to 75,800.
The GDPR is a European directive that will introduce a number of rules designed to strengthen and unify data protection for individuals.
Unipass Securemail is an encrypted email service provided free to financial advisers and their staff.
The service can be accessed via a plug-in to Microsoft Outlook, or via a web browser using identity based encryption.
Anthony Rafferty, managing director of Origo, said: “Sending emails to clients, which may contain personal and sensitive information must be managed and delivered securely.
“Internal emails, where the email service is hosted externally, also need security as that means messages and documents are open to interception.
“What we are seeing is that as well as advisers registering for the service, paraplanners, administration and IT staff are increasingly signing up too, enabling all messages sent externally and internally to be encrypted, and so reducing the risk to the business.”
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